On 7/30/07 7:30 AM, Rob Harrison wrote:
> > Hopefully you're planning on the drive between Banff and Jasper. There is
> > very little between those two points that is not to be missed!
>
> Agreed! It's one of the great scenic areas of this continent, like Yosemite
> or Yellowstone. It's hard to go wrong.
>
> OK, it's a tourist spot, but Lake Louise is truly spectacular, and breakfast
> (or any meal) on the deck of the Grand Hotel there is fun (if crowded), just
> to drink in the view. (Can't remember what the food was like!) I drove
> through in 1976 (in a '71 BMW 2002 I managed to talk my parents into buying
> for me, reasoning that I could sell it for close to what we paid for it at
> the end of the summer, which we did....) on a soul-searching walkabout
> between years of architecture school, and then returned in 2000 on my way
> back from Alaska on my BMW R80G/S. Enjoyed it both times!
>
> IIRC there is a trip you can take by SnoCat up to a glacier. I would have
> done that if I'd had the time and money.
>
> South of Banff we stopped at Fairmont Hot Springs for a couple hours' dip in
> the springs. The road on the way there continued the scenery of the
> Banff-Jasper run, but with fewer cars.
>
> OM Content: I made that trip in 1976 with my new-to-me OM-1md and (only) a
> 50/1.8, took Kodachrome and bulk-rolled Ilford FP-4, restricting myself to
> full frame images. Ah, the rigors of youthful enthusiasm!
>
> Enjoy!
>
> Rob in Seattle
Interesting, I took my first trip in October of 1977, in my trusty '71 VW
Squareback. With me was my OM-1 with 24mm, 50mm and 100mm and a ton of
K-25/64. I also had a loaner Speed Graphic 4x5!
A fairly good site to preview the sites is at:
http://www.canadianrockies.net/icepwy.html
Driving north from Lake Louise, the first mandatory stop should be Bow Summit
with a terrific view of Peyto Lake
(http://www.pbase.com/turnstyle/image/32598259). About 55 miles north of there
is the Columbia Icefields (http://www.columbiaicefield.com/) (this is where you
can take the snow cat ride that Rob mentions). Further to the north is
Athabasca Falls. Near the end is a very fantastic side trip up to Mt. Edith
Cavell (http://www.jaspernationalpark.com/jnpcav.html). Once in Jasper, a side
trip to Maligne Lake (http://www.jaspernationalpark.com/jnpmalig.html) is also
terrific.
Again, with good weather, you can't get enough film/digital capacity and time.
larry
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